Shanaistired - Oh No A Revamp

A Piccolo Trumpet.

Yes, you can actually put a trumpet mouthpiece in a piccolo, and yes, it does work.

Tfw you get self conscious bcuz you have to share a stand and your partner can see your music and what you have (havent) written on it

Happy 22nd of September yall, do you remember?

ok so it’s off topic for a band blog, but this is necessary and will probably happen every year? But like…

Do you remember? 

G U Y S

Tysm!!! Y'all are amazing and honestly I kinda didnt think this would happen?? Ily all ♡♡♡♡

My ex-clarinetist brother has just picked up french horn, and within the span of two days he has broken the string on one on the valves.

Our trumpet section isnt nearly that close, but damn, I wish it was. But either way. Fight me, I dare you.

Who You Should Fight: Marching Band Edition

piccolo

who wins: them

don’t do it.  don’t fight the piccolo player.  just don’t.

flute

who wins: them

they were told you were challenging them for first chair. run while you still can.

clarinet

who wins: them

threaten you with their register key.  forfeit for the sake of all.

saxophone

who wins: them

you are promptly deemed a “nerd” and stuffed in a band locker by the entire section even though you only wanted to fight one of them.

low reeds

who wins: no one

 you yell increasingly bad sexual innuendos at each other across the band room for twenty minutes until you both get tired and go home.

mellophone

who wins: them

punches you in the face repeatedly on the offbeats of a sousa march playing in the background.

trumpet

who wins: you and then them

you win the fight easily while they’re giving their villainous monologue.  entire trumpet section later jumps you in a dark hallway for disgracing one of their own.

trombone

who wins: no one

they get distracted halfway through the fight and wander off.

low brass

who wins: them

you mock them by making farting noises with your lips.  they punch you in the stomach with their abnormally strong arms.  you can’t breath properly for days.

pit percussion

who wins: you

pretend like you can’t tell the vibes, marimba, and xylophone apart.  wait until they’re blind with rage, then run them over with the closest wheeled pit equipment.

drumline

who wins: them

show up to the fight with a shank fashioned out of a broken drum stick.  proceed to kick ass.

drum major

who wins: them

calls you to attention (you can’t disobey!) and then waits until you faint from exhaustion.

color guard

who wins: them

have you ever watched one of these fuckers on the field?  you’re screwed.

band director

who wins: them

just when you think you’ve won, they get up smiling and say “one more time!”

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hwat

No but I put duct tape on mine :)

For those of y’all who have instruments with hard cases, do you put stickers on them?

"Trumpet players are just frustrated percussionists."

-Our High Brass director

Me: Hey! You guys did great! What instruments do you guys play?

The Other Band: All three of us play clarinet.

Me: Ah. My brother plays clarinet. I hate him.

The Other Band: DO yoU pLAy tRUmPeT?

Me: ...